The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-06
THE KNIGHTS or HONOR,
PREPARATIONS MADE FOR THE
BRETHREN AT NASHVILLE,
And With the Railroads BY Which
They Are to Reach That City
on the 2lst Instant.

Acting Grand Dictator Tom W.
Neal has issued the following circular
TO the Knights Of Honor in Ten
neseee:
DIkRsRURo, TENN March d, 1887.
To the Officers and Members Of all subordi-
nate Lodges in the State'Of Tennessee;
BROTHER KNIGHTS We will soon
sgain come together in fraterDal coun-
ell. The twelfth annual met tiog of
our Grand Lodge will be held in Nash.
vile. in the hall of Vanderbilt L-dgs
No. 20, corner Of Church ard Summer
streets, Thursday, April 81. 1887, and
the lodge will be called TO order a
10 O'Clock am, sharp.
Subordinate lodges will zee that
their femi-snnual report has been
made and their tax due the Grand
Lodge paid before the opening OF the
session. Remember Chat no mileage
or per diem shall be paid to any mem.
her whose lodge is indeb ted to the
Grand Lodge for per capita tax"
"Any lodge indebted TO the Grand
Lodge for supplies shall not be en-
titled to representation In the Grand
Lodge, provided said indebtedness is
over six months standing"
Supreme Representatives and the
State Medical Examiner will please
have their reports ready for the first
days session, and Representative and
Past DiCtators are requested to bring
their credentials with them, and Rap.
resentstives come provided with the
n quired badge, furnished by their
own lodge.
The Committee on Returns and
Credentia's-composed OF Brothers
Geo. f. Fuller, OF Protection Lodge
No. 155: 7. j. Atkins, of Memphis
Lodge No. 1875, end w. A. Sharp, Of
Olympus Lodge No. CIVIL meet the
Grand Reporter at Vanderbi Lodge
at 8 O'Clock am, April 2lIt, aud Rep
resentatives are urged to submit their
credentials to this committee, then
and there, 70 that the tame may be
reported al the opening Of the Grand
Lodge.
The Grand Reporter, Grand Treas.
urer and the Committee on Finance
will be in ate 1dance at the Grand
Reporters Office, in the Cole Block, at
10 O'Clock am, Wednesday, April
ooh.
Representatives having any matter
to submit to the Grand Lodge are re-
q1estt d to forward the same to the
Grand Reporter five days before the
meeting, in duplicate, one copy for the
Grand Lodge and the other to be re-
ferred to the proper committee. This
Is necessary to expedite the work OF
the session and 10 insure the proper
consideration OF all matters to be sub
mitted. Don't fail in this.
The COMMITTEES on Railroads and
Hotels composed OF Brothers John
Frizzall, Of Cumberland No &c; b. F.
Champe, Of Tennessee No. 90, and ID.
S. Wright, Of Rock City No. ll3--re-
ports as follows:
The charges at hotels will be; The
Nicholson, Commercial and Bailey
House formerly SCOTS Hotel), ST. 80
PER day; Msxwell House, So, 81 80
and So, according to location OF room.
Railroad transportation: The
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railway will cell round trip tiCketa on
the 10th and Goth OF April, good for
return passage until and OH April 23d,
from Chattanooga. South Pittsburg,
Sewanee, Fayetteville, Winchester,
Sparta, MCMinnyille, Manchester,
Tullahoma, Normandy, shelbyvills,
Wartrace, Murb etsborc, Lebanon,
Dickson, Centervllle, Waverly, John
sonville, Camden, Huntington, Nc
Kerzie, Dretdrn, Martin and Union
City to Nashville and return for four
cents pr mile, il applied for at the
stations during business hours of the
day. Parties must purch $50 these
tickets, as no certificate for ro.urh
passage wi be Tecogriz,d.
On the Louisville and Nashville
railroad delegates should purchase
regular tickets through to Nashville,
and at the time of said purct a'e
shold procure from tho agent cert, fl.
cate showing that tie regular ticket
has been sold. The certificate should
be Endorsed, in proper blank Tor that
purpose, by the secretary Of tn meet
ing, TO the effect that he party was a
delegate and in attendance, and upon
presentation of this ticket, properly
Endorsed, to the agent at Nashville,
within twenty.iour hours after :
jlurnme It, be will sell special return
tickets at one.third fare, Please bear
IN mind thai in order to obtain the re-
ducii0n, delegates must procure these
certificates hen they purchase tickets
going to Nashville.
The East Tennessee delegates will
be obliged to make their own arrange
ments to Chstta looRs and return.
Thy can procure excursion tickets ct
Chattanooga from that point to Nssh-
vile and return.
No answer has been received from
the Newport News aud Mississippi
Valley railroad. Delegates over thst
road should arrange 10 secure tickets
at Union City.
lam gratifsd to be able to state
that the secret work of the order will
be exemplified to us by the fine work.
ing team Of Vanderbilt Lodge. Off
GERS OF he Supreme Lodge have been
invited to attend our meeting, and we
have every reason to anticipate a
pleasant, harmonious, and profitable
session.
Hoping to zee every lodge repre-
sented, and hear good report from
every part Of tho State, in o. M. A.,
Materially end sincerely,
TON w. NEAL,
Acting Grand Secretary.
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